Daezuel
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Lots of Niner fans around, still trying to rationalize letting the better QB go.
NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread
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Been hearing so much talk on sports radio from the hosts & callers that the Patriots need to draft a tight end.
Couple things on that:
1. What is a "tight end" in 2014? Aaron Hernandez got a X million Y year contract titled as a tight end, but clearly played a wide receiving style. Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowki, Julius Thomas can block. However, they aren't the best in their position because of their blocking skills.
"Tight end".... big ass wide receiver? A guy that can run a seam route and get up high? Plexico Burress can do that too. So can Megatron.
2. Dan Connolly and Ryan Wendell have played terribly since about halfway through the season into the playoffs.
Tom Brady is like 36 years old, not exactly a stout guy, and is going to get killed if he has to endure another high-sack season. He's also going to probably not play well since pressure is his kryptonite.
3. Since when is drafting a skill position a sure thing? If they were to draft Eric Ebron in the 1st round.. and that dude doesn't come in and catch 40-50 balls that's an absolute fucking waste.
I vote sure-up the OL. Get me a pass rusher then hit the 4th+ rounds for a TE.
Couple things on that:
1. What is a "tight end" in 2014? Aaron Hernandez got a X million Y year contract titled as a tight end, but clearly played a wide receiving style. Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowki, Julius Thomas can block. However, they aren't the best in their position because of their blocking skills.
"Tight end".... big ass wide receiver? A guy that can run a seam route and get up high? Plexico Burress can do that too. So can Megatron.
2. Dan Connolly and Ryan Wendell have played terribly since about halfway through the season into the playoffs.
Tom Brady is like 36 years old, not exactly a stout guy, and is going to get killed if he has to endure another high-sack season. He's also going to probably not play well since pressure is his kryptonite.
3. Since when is drafting a skill position a sure thing? If they were to draft Eric Ebron in the 1st round.. and that dude doesn't come in and catch 40-50 balls that's an absolute fucking waste.
I vote sure-up the OL. Get me a pass rusher then hit the 4th+ rounds for a TE.
opiate82
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Take a good, hard, long look at the current Super Bowl Champions. Look at how that team is built, look at how they call plays on offense, look at how often they pass the ball, look at how many passing yards they rack up. Now think about how badly they just dominated the "super duper stats" QB. Look at how they were the preseason favorite and pretty much maintained that status all the way through the season. Look at how thoroughly they dominated and now try to tell me how a 3000 passing yard QB doesn't work in todays NFL.
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You're saying Kaep is an elite qb because The Seahawks beat the Broncos? Or that Russell Wilson is the reason the Seahawks are a good team and therefore Kaepernick is elite?
This is why people hate 49er fans.
No one here said Kaepernick is elite. That's why the NFL threads on this site are borderline unreadable now. Because this past season there was an influx of shit posters that just throw out comments out of nowhere and pretend the 49ers fans here are saying them. Pretty much everyone I've read from that's a 49ers fans is pretty level headed here, but again, you guys throw out completely random shit and pretend a Niners fan here said it.
Gravel
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Kaepernick is Wilson. They're almost the exact same QB. Great arm and can put it on a rope, but terrible awareness and basically don't go through progressions. It's uncommon for either of them to get to their 2nd read, and a damn miracle if they make it to the 3rd. They can also both take off and burn the opposing team with ease. But they don't need to because they have excellent offensive lines and strong running games to lean on. So they are rarely asked for anything more than a 150-200 yard game as long as they can avoid turning the ball over.
And, most importantly, absolutely dominating defenses.
Put either QB on a team with a bottom half defense and shit special teams (I mean seriously, Seawhawks allowed less return yards all season than most teams do in a half) and they're RG3. Great athletes, but giant question marks. If any of them learn to actually control a game, they'll dominate for a while.
And, most importantly, absolutely dominating defenses.
Put either QB on a team with a bottom half defense and shit special teams (I mean seriously, Seawhawks allowed less return yards all season than most teams do in a half) and they're RG3. Great athletes, but giant question marks. If any of them learn to actually control a game, they'll dominate for a while.
opiate82
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You implied a 3,000 yard a year QB doesn't work. I showed you an easy, recent example of why you are wrong.
Ambiturner
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I never implied that. It definitely works if you have a dominating defense, just like the 49ers and Seahawks. All I actually said was that it makes you a mediocre passer to put up 3000 yards. Then a couple pages of crying from Disp on how I'm a troll and he misses the good old days when people didn't say mean things
Ambiturner
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Ok that settles it. Even though every non 49er fan has pretty much agreed with me, the fact that they are above average on a single passing stat means Kaep's awesome. Glad we can move on now
Grimmlokk
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What? No one agrees with you on anything. Anywhere. Ever. Because you are retarded.
Ambiturner
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I hate to count Daezuel, because it's Daezuel and it actually hurts my case. But he did agree
Semi joke post, but I'm going to count it
I guess none of these happened? Really amazed at the amount of salty tears me calling Kaepernick mediocre has brought out of a lot of you. Grow some balls for god's sake
Ambiturner
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Wow after having gone back to see my actual post, this is what Disp can't stop crying about?
I'm actually giving him credit there. If you're raging so hard over that, you have some mental health issues
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Just like to jump in here and say that, as a Rams fan, I really don't need to be defending the fucking 49ers or their fans. So Ambiturner, dude, you need to just stfu already. No one agrees with you.
There has been a fair amount of shitposting and butthurting on the topic of Colin Kaepernick this season. Like it's not harmless trolling/good humor like what we have with guys like Romo and Cutler. Whether or not it's the 49ers fans having some kind of psychosis left over from the Alex Smith years (most of which was organizational dumpster firing more than him, btw) and have problems watching him play decent ball somewhere else..I dunno.
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Can someone explain why this Sam deal is the overwhelming story of the NFL right now?
Wasn't there some openly gay kicker last year that was trying to get on a roster? Why's everyone going nuts just because this guyshould, as opposed tocould, get drafted?
I'm confused.
Wasn't there some openly gay kicker last year that was trying to get on a roster? Why's everyone going nuts just because this guyshould, as opposed tocould, get drafted?
I'm confused.
Ambiturner
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The kicker wasn't gay, he just very vocal about gay rights and believes that's why he was released. Plus he's a kicker so he doesn't really count as a player anyways. Also got a lot of time between now and the draft with not much happening. That's why a guy's non-existent girlfriend was the top story last year